[TowerTalk] Birds

[Michael Tope]

I think I just got my answer. Next time I will read before typing.

Mike, W4EF............

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Idelson" <k1ir@designet.com>
To: "TowerTalk Post" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 5:07 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Birds


>
> The Boston Globe had front page story on the bird/tower study. The article
made
> it clear that the problem is associated only with LIGHTED towers.
Apparently,
> these bird disasters occur at night, only near lighted towers. The article
goes
> on to explain that the birds' navigation systems attract them to lights
when
> flying at night. The study seems to indicate that towers lighted with
> continuously glowing red lights are particularly attractive to the birds.
The
> Globe suggested that a solution might be to use more white strobe lights
> instead of the red incandescent lights, since it appears that the strobes
are
> less attractive to the birds. I would suggest that the empirical evidence
in
> amateur radio tower situations [no bird deaths] argues strongly in favor
of the
> idea that lighted towers are the problem - and that amateur radio towers
are,
> in fact, 'bird friendly.'
>
> Please be careful in your responses to these kinds of studies. We need to
> listen carefully to research that is well-designed - even if it works
against
> our objectives in some ways. If we can contribute to a better environment
by
> helping to solve this problem [and others], we will again prove our value
as an
> important and relevant national resource.
>
> Jim K1IR
>
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